Cliffside Public School is a historic school complex located at Cliffside, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Louis H. Asbury (1877-1975) and built in 1920–1921. It is a two-story on basement, "T"-plan, Classical Revival style terra cotta tile building sheathed in glazed brick. The front facade features a tetrastyle two-story portico of Indiana limestone. The vocational and physical education building, erected by the Work Projects Administration in 1940–1941. Also on the property are the contributing series of fieldstone masonry structures built in 1940–1941.It sits on landscaped grounds designed by Earle Sumner Draper.[2]
Cliffside Public School | |
 Cliffside School, June 2013 | |
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| Location | 1 N. Main St., Cliffside, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°20′19″N 81°51′58″W / 35.33861°N 81.86611°W |
| Area | 16 acres (6.5 ha) |
| Built | 1920, 1940-1941 |
| Architect | Asbury, Louis Humbert, Sr.; Draper, Earle Sumner |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 97001667[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 26, 1998 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Davyd Foard Hood (n.d.). "Cliffside Public School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.